Charley Chadwick was the author of the Tn's on the link I posted. Is he a wine critic? I thought his post was just a "Joe Shmo" tn post. Anyway.....I agree with you about Dom P. I first had it 6 years or so ago and did not enjoy it, bitter tasting and I thought not much depth.

Chilled this baby down and drink same with our Christmas dinner HORSEDOUVERS.

Went very nicely with the shrimp, held up to the port salut semi-soft cheese and surprisingly was only slightly overpowered by the aged asiago - since both had hints of the same smokey, yeasty flavors.

Oh yes, toasty nose, yeasty bread-like flavors, decent acidity I thought! We liked this one and would drink it again. On the first sip, my wife squinched her nose, then she drank three glasses and said she liked it - half-way into the second glass.

The grapes spoke to us from this NM Champagne, of that there is no doubt. I still would like to know which grape it was that was speaking. I am certain it was not the pinot N nor the chardonnay; guessing it was the pinot meunier (what else is left, eh?).